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BJS Recidivism Study Shows Most Re-arrests Occur Within Three Years

A Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) study of state prisoner recidivism from 2005 to 2010 showed that “67.8% of the 404,638 state prisoners released in 2005 in 30 states were arrested within 3 years of release, and 76.6% were arrested within 5 years of release.”  Twenty-three states submitted data for ...

 

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